Elizabeth Bell

Since girlhood, Clare Stratford has dreamt of marrying David Lazare—until she meets the brother he left for dead on the Oregon Trail.Charleston, South Carolina, 1859. After earning his medical degree in Paris, David returns home to discover that the...

In 19th-century Charleston, a Catholic priest grapples with his secret African ancestry and his love for a slaveholder’s wife.Joseph Lazare grows up believing his black hair and olive skin come from a Spanish grandmother, and he’s shocked to learn she...

In the epic conclusion of the Lazare Family Saga, two very different brothers must become allies to save the woman they both love.Charleston, South Carolina, 1860. For nine long years, Clare Stratford has struggled to understand her mother’s final...